Temperatures will be nudged into double figures throughout much of the country at the weekend.

But the warmer conditions will only continue for a couple of days as Britain is expected to be hit with another Arctic freeze at the end of the next week.

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A lake froze over in Bushy Park near Hampton Court Palace this morning due to frozen conditions

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Ducks woke to chilly temperatures in Bushy Park this morning after a deep freeze overnight

Met Office forecaster Mark Wilson said: "From Friday and into the weekend it is looking cloudy and this will mean it will be less cold than the past few days, we could see highs of 10C in the south and 5C in the north during the day this weekend.

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The sun rises on a cold morning in Southport, Merseyside, after temperatures dropped

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A flock of Canadian geese fly through an orange sky in Southport, Merseyside, this morning

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A rider braves the cold in Ainsdale, Merseyside this morning as she exercises her cob pony

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Bitter winds in Southport, Merseyside, blow in flocks of Sanderlings, Knot and Dunlin birds this morning

“We are keeping our eyes on a potentially stormy situation on Monday, it is likely to be pretty windy across Scotland and we may issue a yellow warning in due course.

“Elsewhere it will be windy with a band of rain moving quite quickly across the country.”

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